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Prokofiev Ivan the Terrible

No one, least of all Muti, is likely to dispute that this is one of his finest recordings. Recorded in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1989

Bellini; Donizetti Operatic Arias

As Roland Vernon's thoughtful essay for the booklet says, these gentle, simple musical concepts can be profoundly moving ''when sung...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Itzhak Perlman - Virtuoso Violinist

Perlman is captured on film in the 1970s, at a high-point in his career. We see him performing two Bach...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2008

Bach Goldberg Variations

‘Hand on heart, can you listen to a harpsichord for that long?’ Meaning an hour and a quarter or so...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 13/2003

Romantic Works for Guitar

The programme is neatly networked: both works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco and that by Ponce are dedicated to composers who had some...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1993

Musica Mediterranea

This recording of music from renaissance Spain and Italy by the solo vocal and instrumental ensemble Kithara is a delight....

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 3/1995

Brahms Sacred Choral Works

This is perhaps a surprisingly competitive field nowadays, and certainly Naxos enters it with a fully competitive programme. They are...

Reviewed in issue 11/1999

Webern Vocal and Orchestral Works

Now in his eighties, Robert Craft is re-recording Webern more than half a century after his pioneering CBS album. This...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2009

Gunning Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

This CD – something of a family affair – introduces us to the symphonic side of a composer whose name...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 7/2009

Beethoven Works for Violin and Orchestra

Jaime Laredo's performance of the Beethoven Concerto is scholarly, cultured and innovative. It is also daring, in that Laredo chooses...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 4/1992

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